Two Persons Sentenced and Others Held in Court
Prosecuting Attorney William H Bardin Sheriff Ernest Hesson and Deputy Morrison questioned inmates of Lakin state industrial school in relation to statements by Reginald Willis in circuit court Monday but did not report or continue the investigation as Judge Lewis H Miller suggested. Bardin promised a statement later. Judge Miller met officers an hour before court. Cases included Clifford Baker guilty of assault with intent to kill and sentenced to four months with credit for 44 days. Lawrence Earl Clench, age 16, auto theft, not guilty plea entered and trial set for Friday Jan 12. Don Donahue, age 18, confessed forging five checks on B F Beard’s account. sentence deferred. Don Spangler admitted stealing a check from a fellow worker and aiding a forger. Oran Thomas linked to the cashing after deception. The sentence for Tom as yet undetermined.
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Point Pleasant
William H. Bardin
Heriff
Ernest Hesson
Feral Morrison
Lakin State
Reginald Willis
Lewis H. Miller
Bardin
O ‘Miller
Miller
Clifford Baker
Lawrence Earl Clench
Don Spangler
Oran Thomas
Cecil B. Donahue
Baker
Clench
Donahue
B. F. Beard
Mason City
Paint Pleasant
Middleport
Point Clinic
R. W. Eschenaur
Unblock Digestive Troubles with Carter's Pills
A persuasive ad claims indigestion stems from an blocked intestinal tract not stomach issues. It promotes Carter's Pills to gently unblock the tract and restore digestion, urging readers to obtain the 23 cent remedy at any drugstore for real relief.
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Nature
Carter
Reverend Meade Leads Infantile Fund Drive
POINT PLEASANT Reverend William Meade will head Mason County infantile paralysis funds drives again, having successfully led campaigns in the past two years and repeatedly meeting county quotas. Judge Miller will resume hearings Thursday morning with the state case against Earl Sims for the fatal shooting of Russell Duncan and a prior case for operating a vehicle while intoxicated as potential severe penalties.
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Point Pleasant
William Meade
Mason County
Spangler
Jjudge Miller
Dr. Eschenaur
Mari¢ Wheeler
Earl Sims
Russell Duncan
Sims
Citizens Bank Directors Re elected at Point Pleasant
Stockholders of Citizens National Bank met Tuesday and re elected all board members including C C Lewis T Stribling K C Lewis Jr E J Somerville FP G Musgrave Homer Smith and Mrs Walter A Windsor The directors elected C C Lewis president T Stribling and Mrs Windsor vice presidents C Roush cashier R P Harper and W W Riley Jr assistant cashiers The only change was Windsor becoming vice president replacing the late C O Weissenburger The old board met Friday and declared a 4 percent semiannual dividend and added 10000 to surplus The year end statement showed deposits rising 290000 to 3428995 88 the bank's highest ever The board authorized wage increases for all women employees
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Point Pleasant
Citizens National Bank
C. C. Lewis
T. Stribling
K. C. Lewis, Jr
E. J. Somerville
G. Musgrave
Homer
R. P. Harper l
W. W. Riley
Lewis
Pt Pleasant Man Held to Grand Jury
Clytie Cunningham was held to the May grand jury after arraignment on charges of resisting and obstructing arrest. Police say he fought officers Saturday night, injuring Chief Jividen. Cunningham has prior arrests for intoxication. he recently completed a 60 day sentence. Junior Edwards of Leon was fined ten days and $85 plus costs after pleading guilty.
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Point Pleasant
Clytie Cunningham
Jiiden
Yost
Rodgers
Cunningham
Jividen
Junior Edwards
Leon
Tue
Senator Kilgore Recommends WV Ordnance Goods to Point Pleasant School
Attorney George G. Somerville received a telegraph from Senator Harley M. Kilgore confirming a letter to authorities recommending donated items from West Virginia Ordnance Works for Point Pleasant Trade School. The high school had requested materials, and Somerville brought the matter to Kilgore after learning much of the plant output was being shipped elsewhere.
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Point Piunlasan
George G. Somerville
Harley M. Kilgore
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Point Pleasant Trade School
Somerville
Kilgore
Flood Threat Declared Unlikely by Expert in Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant residents faced a rumor of imminent flooding as rains eased. Capt. Robert J. Heslop, a regional authority, said the river crest would likely stay below 40 feet and possibly reach 36 or 37 feet by Wednesday evening. Pittsburgh at 24 feet, Kanawha Falls near 200 feet, and Point Pleasant at 33 feet were reported at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
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Point Pleasant
Kanawha Falls
Pittsburgh
Robert J. Heslop
Heslop
Pt Pleasant Social Notes Lambda Chi Omega Benefit Dance Planned
Lambda Chi Omega Sorority met at the Moose Club to plan a benefit dance for infantile paralysis before Jan 31. They voted on new members to be initiated March 3. A thank you letter from England was read. Next Monday a social at Mrs Poling’s home was accepted with co host Mrs Pullins. Members list includes Melrose Getty Rice Lewis and others.
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Point Pleasant
Lambda Chi Omega
Moose Club
Infantile Paralysis Fund
Sice England
Hansel Poling
Jericho Road
Clayton Pullins
Poling
Richard H. Melrose
L. W. Getty
Jean Rice
Virginia Lewis
Glenn Sayre
Leon S. Thompson
Cashy Meadows
John C. Hutchinson
Edith Quillin
George O. Fisher
Grover Childress
Wiliam Filson
Ronald Whitel
Paul Parsons
Man arraigned for tire destruction in Letart case
Charles Howe of Letart pleaded guilty to destroying four tires on a car owned by Floyd Snider near Letart. He was sentenced to 30 days in county jail and fined 10 dollars plus costs. Eddie Bowyer and Thomas Stewart were released after Howe confessed.
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Point Pleasant
Charles Howe
Letart
H. D. Coyner
Howe
Floyd Snider
Eddie Bowyer
Thomas Stewart
Bowyer
Stewart
Snyders
Snyder
Marriages, social notes from Middleport area
Announcement lists multiple weddings and social items including Mary Mourning and William Price wedding at First Baptist Church Lawton Oklahoma, J Z Schmoll and Helen Spires wed at Rev James Keffer home, Freda Mae Dow to Ernest Van Ingwagen, plus Middleport personals and local updates on families and health.
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Middleport
Mary
Dale
William Price
Long, Bottom
Frail
Lawson
Oklo
First Baptist
Lawton
Middlesport High School
Ft. Sill
Caldwell To Head City Education Board
Caldwell was elected president of the City Board of Education at the first meeting of the new year in Gallipolis. Emerson Evans was chosen vice president and Charles Yeanger was re elected clerk. Dr Homer Thomas joined as a new board member and Clarence Georges hired as Washington School mathematics teacher. Mrs Charles Lusher resigned as science teacher. Mrs Jasper Long joined the lunchroom staff.
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Gallipolis
Elmer E. Caldwell
City Board of Education
Caldwell
U. S. Navy
Evan [Baeras
Emerson Evans
Charles Yeanger
Homer Thomas
Charles Lusher
Washington School
Clarence Georges
Jasper Long
Derrick Boat Hits Bridge At Ohio River Crossing
Derrick of a government derrick boat towed by the Fort Armstrong struck the New York Central railroad bridge across the Ohio River just before noon Tuesday. A section of the derrick broke off and damaged the hurricane deck and bridge braces while two platforms were knocked down. No injuries were reported and trains resumed after brief interruption. Captain Kenneth Eddy led the towboat and Bridge Superintendent Bert Hickok investigated.
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Point Pleasant
Fort Armstrong
New York
Fourth St
Huntington
Kenneth Eddy
Memorial Monument Fund Drive In New Haven
New Haven civic leaders reorganize the Civic Club to back a memorial for fallen service men. Henry Peery will chair the committee and start the fundraising campaign immediately. The group aims to attract new industry to boost community growth and plans to organize a volunteer fire department with a new fire truck.
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New Haven
Adolescent Pair Are Arrested in Mason County
Two girls Lilly Mae Fugate fourteen and Harriet Mitchell thirteen of Bireo Perry County Kentucky are held in Mason County Jail Deputy sheriff Ernest Hesson coordinated with Hazzard Kentucky awaiting transport. The pair said they left home November 4 and had been in Point Pleasant a month.
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Point Pleasant
Colley
J. S. Waggener
Jackson
G. B. Waggener
Jefferson Riva
Rush Calligan
Richard
Colum
John McCausland
Sixth St
McCausland
C. H. Quillin
Highland Ave
Robert Steenbergen
Phoenix
Ariz
Peter H. Steenbergen
Main St
J. R. Schirmer
Oklahoma
Lilly Mae Fugate
Harriet Mitchell
Bireo
Perry County
Mason County
Ernest Hesson
Hazzard
Two Gallia Men Fined by Judge
In Gallia County Municipal Court Judge William H. Jones fined Tom Porter of Eureka $25 plus costs and sentenced him to 15 days in jail after pleading guilty to intoxication and resisting an officer. Joe Hailey of Eureka also faced jail time and a $10 fine for interfering with an arrest during the altercation in front of Oscar's Place on Court Street.
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Gallipolis
Cotton Scarberry
Tom Porter
Eureka
William H. Jones
Porter
Joe Hailey
Hailey
Oscar
Court Street
Plan Services for Mrs Steve Jenkins
Mrs Steve Jenkins of near Gallia died at Holzer Hospital after a long illness. Her husband died about eight years ago. Survived by two sisters Mrs John C. Morgan of Oak Hill and Mrs William E. Perry Routé J Gallia. Funeral services and burial Thursday afternoon at Tyn Rhos.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Driver Is Fined After Traffic Accident
Gallia driver Virgil E Blanton 23 of Oak Hill Route 1 admitted driving a car that left First and Grape Streets and struck a parked vehicle. He was fined 50 dollars and costs and had his license suspended six months. An associated city note reports 146000 inmates in American prisons.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
First
Grape Sts
Virgil E. Blanton
Oak Hill
Army
Elmer Jenkins
Peniel
Blanton
Chester Leaper
Ray Jenkins
Ray
Eddie Nunnenkamp
First Avenue
Nunnnenkamps
William H. Jones
Two New Faculty Members at Rio Grande College
Rio Grande College announces additions to its staff effective January 14. Elis Hamrick of Cheshire will teach in the Department of Business and Commerce. F W McDermott, wife of the college president, assumes charge of the Department of Christian Education with a Master’s in Christian Education.
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Rio Grande
Elis Hamrick
Cheshire
Department of Business and Commerce
Rio Grande College
Hamrick
School of Commerce
Ohio University
F. W. McDermott
Department of
Christian Education
Ohio Baptist Convention
Woman Leaves Hospital After Finger Bone Removal
Mrs. Gilbert Rhoades returns home to Sixth Street from Holzer Hospital after a infected bone in her right forefinger was removed. She is able to be out after the experience.
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Point Pleasant
Gilbert Rhoades
Sixth St
Holzer Hospital
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William Victor Brownhich
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